Table 1.
Immigration and background variables by origin group among migrants to Israel aged 50 and older: averages and analysis of variance/Chi square
| Variables | Origin groups
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Asia | Africa | East Europe | West Europe | America | FSU (after 1989) | F/Chi square | df | |
| Number of cases | 930 | 156 | 213 | 279 | 74 | 34 | 175 | – | |
| Immigration | |||||||||
| Years since | 43.7 | 54.3 | 49.6 | 49.4 | 56.0 | 41.1 | 13.3 | 381.4** | 928 |
| Age at migration | 24.2 | 13.8 | 15.1 | 20.1 | 14.4 | 24.5 | 54.0 | 296.8** | 926 |
| Language skills | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.2** | 926 |
| Background | |||||||||
| % Females | 55.1 | 52.7 | 51.9 | 55.8 | 64.6 | 54.6 | 55.8 | 4.0 | 5 |
| Age | 66.1 | 66.3 | 62.8 | 68.4 | 68.4 | 63.9 | 65.4 | 9.3** | 928 |
| % Married | 75.0 | 76.8 | 75.1 | 72.6 | 69.8 | 85.6 | 77.1 | 4.3 | 5 |
| Income | 26,647 | 24,409 | 27,286 | 29,531 | 34,906 | 40,840 | 17,023 | 7.0** | 928 |
| Education | 3.0 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 40.7** | 925 |
| Activities | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 7.4** | 928 |
| Health | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1** | 928 |
*
P <.05;
**
P <.01